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As early as the late 1960s, Stanley Hiller began collecting aircraft at a warehouse in Redwood City, California. [1] [2] By 1986, it displayed 15 aircraft and set a goal of a acquiring a total of 28 of Hiller's designs. [3] Eight years later it had surpassed this and the Hiller Museum of Northern California Aviation Heritage included over 40 ...
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
The mountain is topped by an eight and a half story (84.5 feet tall) concrete radar tower (5 floors interior), known locally as "the Cube" or "the Box". [18] The tower was part of Almaden Air Force Station, a radar surveillance post which operated from 1958 to 1980. [19] The mountain is also the site of the Bay Area NEXRAD weather radar. [20]
In the West, heavy rain and snow chances increase on Tuesday as "another atmospheric river event arrives" across parts of central California, the National Weather Service said in a Sunday forecast ...
The National Weather Service in California has confirmed that an EF1 strength tornado struck the small town of Scotts Valley, 30 miles south of San Jose, on Saturday. Damage included downed trees ...
As noted previously, it was believed that Portolá had first seen the San Francisco Bay on November 4 from the San Carlos hills. November 4 is the feast day of St. Charles. As well, the Spanish king at the time was Carlos III, and the first ship to sail into San Francisco bay was the San Carlos.
An area of low pressure is bringing with it “the most significant cold air outbreak of the season thus far” across most of the contiguous U.S., the weather service said.
The Bay Area consists of nine counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma) and 101 municipalities. [5] One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city–county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6]